Talk:Joel Bordeaux

By Rutvi Dattani

Joel Bordeaux is a research fellow at International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS)as of November 2022. According to his bio, his research interests is South Asian religions focused primarily on goddess traditions of Bengal.

As per his bio, he has published no books, papers or research pertaining to governance and public policy, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva.

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

1. Bordeaux, Joel. Blood in the Mainstream: Kālī Pūjā and Tantric Orthodoxy in Early Modern Bengal.” International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2019
2. Bordeaux, Joel.“The Dark Knight of the Soul: Death as Initiatory Ordeal in Grant Morrison’s Batman R.I.P.” The Assimilation of Yogic Religions Through Pop Culture, edited by Paul Hackett. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2017
3. Bordeaux, Joel.The Mythic King: Raja Krishnacandra and Early Modern Bengal. Ph.D. dissertation (Columbia, 2015)
4. Bordeaux, Joel. The Final Word: The Caitanya Caritāmṛta and the Grammar of Religious Tradition by Tony K. Stewart. History of Religions, Vol. 52, No. 4 (May 2013), pp. 409-411
5. Bordeaux, Joel. Kshatriyas. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr.. Vol. 4. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. p291-292. Cengage Learning